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[thedoctorwho]

Out back there is a man shouting at a large, blue box.

"Donna! Come on!"

"I am not walking into some grubby little space pub!" comes a muffled reply, presumably from inside.

"But it's at the end of the universe!"

"You promised me wonders of creation, not beer and chips!"

"Just come and have a look!"

"No!The Doctor throws up his hands and

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[52_dropoff]

"Nice phone booth." Yes, Charlie knows it's not a phone booth. But he's been in a snarky mood.

[thedoctorwho]

The Doctor grins and shrugs. "It's not much, but it's home."

[52_dropoff]

"You live in there?" He thinks for a second. "I used to live out of an old VW van. It was homey." Smelly.

[thedoctorwho]

"It's roomier than it looks," the Doctor notes.

[nitro_is_ace]

Tragically, he has an audience.

"I like her already." Ace offers brightly, and terribly unrepentantly, from her perch on one of the lakeside rocks. "Just think of all the trouble we'd've saved if we hadn't gone outside and met the Happiness Patrol."

[thedoctorwho]

The Doctor grins at Ace as he saunters over. "Yeah, maybe. But think of all the fun we wouldn't have had, too."

[nitro_is_ace]

"... Near execution, being mocked for lack of talent show skills, near execution again, giant rat, near execution again, giant candy machine, and... wait for it... near execution, for variety?" Ace sums up, giving him a sidelong look.

"Well. At least we weren't executed."

[thedoctorwho]

"Exactly. The fun parts."

[mogget_cat]

There is a not'cat up in a nearby tree, chuckling at the Doctor's expense, grinning as he throws up his hands in exasperation.

"She has not yet been introduced to Milliways' famous fried paradoxes, has she?"

[thedoctorwho]

It takes the Doctor a second to orient on the source of the voice, but when he spots the flash of white among the branches, he grins. "Not so much. I'll probably have to bring a plate of them in to her and then try to convince her to try one before they get too cold to eat."

[mogget_cat]

"You'd also likely have to keep others from stealing them if given half the chance. They are delicious."

Not him,though! Never him! Not at all! *innocence!*

[thedoctorwho]

"That they are. And very vulnerable to attack from above. Something that a particular shrewd consumer might want to be wary of."

[a1enzo]

A large, green, plastic-looking boy in his early teens watches this exchange with some incredulity.

The first thing he can think of to say:

"Is your friend a superhero?"

[thedoctorwho]

The Doctor smirks at the thought. "Ha! No, she's just a bit... shy, is all."

[a1enzo]

"Okay. Only, she's hiding in a phone booth, so..." Shrug.

It's certainly more suitable than the kind that're all windows.

[thedoctorwho]

He shakes his head. "It's a police box, actually, and it only looks like one from the outside."

[forgottenmotley]

"Oh! A police box! I haven't seen one of those in an age and a half," the Fool says looking delighted at the sight of it.

He hops over to it with a slight limp in his leg and goes for a poke or two of the box. Where upon he frowns.

"Not quite police box is it?"

[thedoctorwho]

"Not quite. Just looks like one on the outside. Faulty chameleon circuit."

[forgottenmotley]

"Faulty whositwhat?" Yes, that term just went right over his head.

[thedoctorwho]

"It's supposed to blend into its surroundings wherever it lands. It got stuck in this shape a long time ago, and I've stopped trying to fix it."